Family of five gunned down in Eastern Cape massacre
Police in the Eastern Cape have launched a manhunt for gunmen behind the murder of five family members in Bityi, near Port St Johns, on Friday night.
The incident took place after 8pm at the Ncenjana village, outside Mthatha.
According to police information, the family was asleep in two different houses in a yard.
Police spokesperson Siphokazi Mawisa says the parents (husband and wife) were sleeping in a rondavel when two unknown males entered and fatally shot them.
"They flounced out of the rondavel and started firing shots to the people who were sleeping in another house and fatally shot three, and left two injured. The other two children who survived the attack managed to run away and informed the neighbors, who then alerted the Police.
"Two males and three females died while the two injured children were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment."
Police are investigating five counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
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